Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807

Ellsworth, jurist and statesman; delegate to the Continental Congress (1777-1784); chief justice, U.S. Supreme Court (1796-1799).

Member of the Continental Congress from Connecticut and later Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Delegate to the Continental Congress, U.S. senator from Connecticut, and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Delegate to the Continental Congress, U.S. senator from Connecticut, and chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Member of the Continental Congress from Connecticut and later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Oliver Ellsworth, a Delegate and a Senator from Connecticut was born in Windsor, Conn., April 29, 1745. He attended Yale College and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1766. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1771. In his junior year at Princeton, he and others founded the Well Meaning Club, which later became the Cliosophic Society.

American lawyer and politician, was a revolutionary against British rule, a drafter of the United States Constitution, and third Chief Justice of the United States. Was appointed the U.S. Minister (ambassador) to the Netherlands from 1797 until 1801.

Oliver Ellsworth, a delegate and a senator from Connecticut was born in Windsor, Conn., on April 29, 1745. He attended Yale College and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1766. In his junior year at Princeton, he and others founded the Well Meaning Club, which later became the Cliosophic Society. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1771. Ellsworth was appointed Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1796.

American jurist and statesman.

Member of the Continental Congress. Justice of Supreme Court.

Ellsworth was the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1796-1800.

Lawyer and politician; delegate to Continental Congress and drafter of the U.S. Constitution; U.S. senator from Connecticut; and chief justice, of U.S. Supreme Court; resident of Windsor, Conn.

Oliver Ellsworth helped draft the United States Constitution and was the third Chief Justice of the United States. At the time of this letter, he was an envoy to France, and as such had helped negotiate an agreement with Napoleon over restrictions to US shipping which many Americans felt was too generous to Napoleon.

John Jay was President of the Continental Congress 1778-1779, first Chief Justice of the United States 1789-1795, and Governor of New York state 1795-1801.